Got A Question: Why does burnt DVD's play in some DVD Players and some won't

[jounzun]

I use Maxell DVD+R to record my movies using Nero and have no problems playing it on my Magnavox DVD player but yet I can take the same DVD and play it on my friend(s) Apex or Colby DVD players and it will read No Disc. Why is that?

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Because unfortunately, there is no ABSOLUTE STANDARD for burners, players, or media.

To determine the capabilities/limitations of your DVD burner, as well as media compatibility, go to:

www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdwriters

(If necessary, open the Device Manager in the Control Panel to determine the make and model number)


To determine the capabilities/limitations of your specific brand and model of standalone DVD player, as well as media compatibility, go to:

www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers

[Mug Funky]

if you're lucky, you can bit-set a +R to a -ROM booktype. nothing changes on the disc itself, but if a player reads the booktype part and sees "DVD+R" it might pre-date the standard and spit it out, even if it's quite capable of reading the disc (+R is closer to DVD-ROM than -R is).

if you've got a pioneer/asus drive (or some others, i don't know), you can hack it to set booktype to DVD-ROM for all +R discs, and this will give you a tad more compatibility. not as much as a factory pressed disc, but as close as you'll get to it (and the way replicators are going these days, a burn could even play more reliably than a glass-mastered disc...).